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The bicameral mind

A curious idea: the breakdown of the bicameral mind and the invention of consciousness in the Odyssey

10/11/202610/03/2026 in Categories Odyssey
Symbolic depiction of the bicameral mind

Today we enter a border territory where Greek mythology, classical philology, cultural anthropology and neuroscience intersect, generating one of the most fascinating, radical and debated hypotheses of the twentieth century. …

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Postilla

Agamemnon promises: the Trojan campaign will be a walk in the park, and you will all be home for the summer holidays.

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